Serum Elastase Inhibitor Deficiency and α 1 -Antitrypsin Deficiency in Patients with Obstructive Emphysema

Abstract
A decreased inhibition of pancreatic elastase has been detected in the serums of six patients with α1-antitrypsin deficiency. Five have severe clinical and physiological pulmonary emphysema. This observation extends the defect of inhibition by serum to a second, biologically active proteolytic enzyme in this form of familial emphysema.

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